How to use and the reason behind

Many times my students, young colleagues, or trainees have asked me the same question: How can I become successful and build a great career?

I believe there is no easy answer. Luck matters. Timing matters. A good mentor helps. But there is one thing you can actively do: BE BEST PREPARED for fortune to hit you.

And to be prepared, LEARN.

Before we dive into the content area of this blog and the about me section, here is how to use this site and why it exists.

How to use the blog

The content is organized by categories. These categories represent the subjects I teach. Each post is assigned to one or more categories. You can search by full text or filter by category.

Example: if you want project management content, use the search bar or click the category label at the end of a post to see all related articles.

Each post stands on its own and explains a specific subject, technique, or theory. You do not need to read other posts first. New posts appear monthly or sometimes twice a month.

Comments are open. You can share posts to social media. You can sign up for updates about new content, or contact me directly through the site if you have questions or suggestions.

The reason behind

The reason behind this blog is twofold.

First, I always wanted to write a management book. Since finishing my final thesis
at university, the idea stayed with me. I even wrote another book already, a completely
different one, still unpublished and a story for another time. Maybe one day I will share it.

So why is the management book not done yet? The honest answer is priorities.
I am obsessed with getting things done and with focusing on what truly matters.
And what came first was not writing, but learning to become a good teacher.

A few years ago, I started teaching at a university. My day job is in banking. I work in a management role in a large banking group and have spent more than twenty years moving through different functions, from Sales to Operations to IT.

But teaching became the creative part of my life. I love to teach, to present, to tell stories, to laugh with my students, and I love when they leave class having learned something valuable.

This brings me to the second reason for this blog.

Students often asked for a place to revisit what we covered in class. At the
universities where I teach, they also rate the courses. My feedback has been great
over the years. My favourite comment was “Mr. Sechi teaches like a god”. Completely
exaggerated, clearly not paid for, and probably a case of temporary emotional
overreaction, but still a highlight.

But there is one recurring feedback I get. Because I teach in a very visual and narrative
way, the material is hard to review after class. Most of my slides are a single
full-screen image and the real content lives in the stories I tell. This works
perfectly in the classroom, but without the spoken explanation, the presentations
make little sense.

This blog solves that problem. It writes down what I tell in my classes, so there is
a place to revisit the concepts, deepen the ideas, and look up the sources behind
them. And at the same time, over time, this becomes the foundation for the
management book I always wanted to write.

That is what this blog is about. Sharing knowledge, writing the book step by step,
and giving my students and readers a place to learn.

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